School of Education Admissions Requirements

Applicants must satisfy the requirements below in addition to any specific requirements your program may have. (You can find these on your program’s Admissions page). An interview may be required at the discretion of the admissions counselor or the program chair.

Non-Licensure Programs - Master of Education (MEd)

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL LOCATIONS

Official transcript - Official transcripts of required degree conferred by a regionally accredited institution of higher education, along with transcripts of any other degrees held from accredited institutions of higher education must be submitted. You must request an official transcript from each college you have attended. Here's how to request a transcript.

Earned bachelor’s degree required.

International transcripts must be translated and evaluated by an approved agency.

Current Résumé

Personal Statement - Write a two-page, typed, double-spaced essay (500 words) describing your professional experience, your goals and objectives for graduate study and for educator licensure. How do you expect your graduate studies to apply to your school and enhance your future career? Keep an electronic copy for your portfolio of learning.

Two Professional Recommendations addressing professional character and ability to perform graduate work. Please use Applicant Recommendation form.

For Education Leadership or School Administration non-licensure (MEd and CAGS), see Education Leadership admission requirements, below.

Teacher Licensure Programs - Master of Education (MEd)

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR MASSACHUSETTS LOCATIONS

Official transcript - Official transcripts of required degree conferred by a regionally accredited institution of higher education, along with transcripts of any other degrees held from accredited institutions of higher education must be submitted. You must request an official transcript from each college you have attended. Here's how to request a transcript.

Earned bachelor’s degree with 3.0 GPA required.

International transcripts must be translated and evaluated by an approved agency.

Current Résumé

Personal Statement - Write a two-page, typed, double-spaced essay (500 words) describing your professional experience, your goals and objectives for graduate study and for educator licensure. How do you expect your graduate studies to apply to your school and enhance your future career? Keep an electronic copy for your portfolio of learning.

Two Professional Recommendations addressing professional character and ability to perform graduate work. Please use Applicant Recommendation form.

Applicants who do not initially meet all requirements (e.g. GPA of 3.0 or MTEL) for admission into their chosen licensure program must enroll in the corresponding non-licensure degree option. Students who achieve a 3.0 GPA upon completion of the first three SOE courses, pass the MTELs, and now meet all requirements, may request a change of program.

Program-Specific requirements, if any. See the Admissions tab on your program's web page.

Education Leadership Programs - Licensure and Non-Licensure

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR MASSACHUSETTS LOCATIONS

Official Transcript - Official Transcripts of required degree(s) conferred by a regionally accredited institution of higher education. Request official transcripts to be sent directly to Cambridge College in a sealed, unopened envelope. Follow instructions at www.cambridgecollege.edu/requesting-official-transcripts.

Two Professional Recommendations addressing the applicant’s professional potential, leadership aspirations, and performance/readiness specific to the program selected. If currently employed in P-12 schools or districts, at least one must be from an immediate supervisor or peer. Please use Applicant Recommendation form.

Initial or professional license in Massachusetts. See also program-specific requirements.

Massachusetts Educator Personnel ID (MEPID number).

MTEL Communication & Literacy Test, successfully completed.

Fingerprinting and Criminal Offender Record Information

Required for advising:

Sheltered English Instruction requirement, if completed.

Massachusetts preliminary license, if held.

LICENSE-SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS

Required employment outlined below must be documented by official letter(s) from supervisor or human resources director.

Supervisor/Director License

MA Initial or professional license as a teacher, specialist teacher, or in pupil services (e.g. school psychologist, school guidance counselor, school social worker/school adjustment counselor, or school nurse).

Three full years of employment in a leadership, supervisory, teaching, or administrative role in a public school, private school, higher education, or other educational setting acceptable by ESE regulations.

For (5-12) license: a master’s degree or at least 18 credits of advanced graduate studies in arts or sciences in a core academic subject you plan to supervise.

Principal/Assistant Principal License — Three full years of employment in an executive management/leadership role or in a supervisory, teaching, or administrative role in a public school, private school, higher education, or other educational setting accepted ESE.

Superintendent/Assistant Superintendent License — MA Initial license in another educational role is required. Also required is completion of three full years of employment in a district-wide, school-based, or other educational setting.

Special Education Administration License — Three full years of employment (official letters) and initial license in special education, speech, or language & hearing disorders or relevant experience as a school psychologist, school social worker/school adjustment counselor, and/or school principal/assistant principal in a district, school, or other educational setting.

Certificate Programs

Official transcript of your completed bachelor's degree or higher from a regionally accredited college or university. You must request an official transcript from each college you have attended. Here's how to request a transcript. Graduate level certificates require a bachelor's degree; post-master's certificates require a master's degree.

Cambridge College is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. The College and all its degree programs are authorized by the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education. The College is authorized to operate and offer selected degree programs in their states by the California Bureau for Private Post-Secondary and Vocational Education, the Council on Higher Education of Puerto Rico, and is also recognized by the Puerto Rico Department of Education.

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